Classicly Books
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Andrew CarnegieOf the many 'rags to riches' stories in US history, Andrew Carnegie's is one of the most fascinating. After immigrating from Scotland when he was a child, he worked his way up through a telegraph comp..
Daddy-Long-Leg
Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 novel by an American writer Jean Webster, written in the form of letters. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha “Judy” Abbott, through her college years. She..
Personality Plus - Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock
Edna FerberPersonality Plus: Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock is a fiction novel written by Edna Ferber...
Pushing to the Front
Orison Swett MardenPushing to the Front from Orison Swett Marden. American spiritual author in the New Thought Movement (1850-1924)...
The Railway Children
Edith NesbitThe Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several..
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeIf you've ever wondered at the expression "an albatross around one's neck," it comes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The albatross is understood to mean the spirit of C..
Stories from Pentamerone
Giambattista BasileThe collection of folk-tales known as Il Pentamerone was first published at Naples and in the Neopolitan dialect, by Giambattista Basile, Conte di Torrone, who is believed to have collected them chief..
The Backwoods of Canada
Catharine Parr TraillAMONG the numerous works on Canada that have been published within the last ten years, with emigration for their leading theme, there are few, if any, that give information regarding the domestic econ..